Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: an Update on MR Imaging Findings with Recent Developments.

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A high percent of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) experience non intestinal symptoms. Many studies demonstrated that hepatobiliary disorders are the most common. Corresponding disorders consist of primary sclerosing cholangitis, non alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), biliary stones, pericholangitis, autoimmune hepatitis, liver amyloidosis, liver abscess, liver granuloma, hepatoce...

Clinical Experience with Gadoxetate-Enhanced T1 Weighted Hepatobiliary Imaging in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Introduction: Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the extraand intra-hepatic biliary ducts that results in a classic beaded appearance of the biliary tree due to alternating strictures and dilatations. The exact etiology is unknown and the disease can progress to cirrhosis and liver failure, with liver transplantation often the only definitive treatment. ...

Pruritus in cholestasis: facts and fiction.

Pruritus is a common symptom in patients with cholestatic liver diseases such as primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, or hereditary pediatric cholestatic disorders and may accompany, although less frequently, many other liver diseases. Recent findings indicate that lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), a potent neuronal activator, and autotaxi...

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)

Unexplained Findings of Kayser-Fleischer-Like Rings in a Patient with Cryptogenic Cirrhosis

Cryptogenic cirrhosis (CC) is defined as cirrhosis occurring in an individual without an identifiable cause of liver disease, such as excessive alcohol consumption, viral hepatitis infection, hemochromatosis, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, chronic intake of medications that could induce cirrhosis, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson's disease...